Professor Astier M. Almedom (PI) and Professor George A. Bonanno (PI) have been awarded a Rockefeller Foundation grant to develop methods and tools for measuring community resilience to extreme events. This research...
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IGL News|September 21, 2012- Programs : Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship
Led by Adam White (E’09, EPIIC’08 & ’09)
Social Enterprise that Doesn’t Deliver
The Social Enterprise field is growing rapidly. More startups are being launched, more people, young and old, are becoming social entrepreneurs, more money is coming from impact investors and social enterprise accelerators. A large number of these social enterprises work to create change for the poorest people... -
IGL News|December 7, 2010- Programs : Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship
IGL Empower fellows Rachel Brown (Tufts 2010) and Cody Valdes (Tufts 2012) spent the summer launching Sisi ni Amani [We are Peace], a project to map and connect peace initiatives in Kenya. Brown and Valdes are co-founders of Sisi ni Amani, and will be staying on in Kenya to run the project for one to two years, at which point it will be handed over to local staff. During their summer months in Kenya, Rachel and Cody have made great strides on...
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IGL News|April 28, 2009
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NEXUS | The IGL Newsletter | Spring 2009
By Piyali Kundu, A’10
The Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship of the Institute for Global Leadership was launched last year and has significantly developed its program offerings this academic year.
This April, we selected an outstanding group of students to support in...
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Program News|November 13, 2008
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MICROLOAN FOUNDATION USA INFORMATION SESSION
Conducted by David Rice,
Founder and Principal, Strategic Policy ConceptsThursday, November 13; 10:00-11:00 am
Mugar 231Learn more about MicroLoan foundation USA and related internships and research opportunities.
Coffee and refreshments will be served.
The Fletcher School | Microfinance and Development Venture Capital Club
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IGL News|July 1, 2008- Programs : Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship
Photograph: Sherman Teichman with Former President William Jefferson Clinton in September 2007
This year, through IGL External Advisory Board Member Tim Phillips, the IGL was nominated to attend the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative, hosted by President Bill Clinton and his foundation.
According to its web site, President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in 2005 as a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing...
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Program News|July 1, 2008- Programs : Empower Program for Social Entrepreneurship
Photograph: Children from Balan, Haiti, Sabina Carlson
This year, Tufts University alumni, Angelos Metaxa (A’91) and Javier Macaya (A’91), now both IGL External Advisory Board Members, joined forces to found EMPOWER at Tufts University’s Institute for Global Leadership to establish a learning and practical experience platform to engage Tufts students in social entrepreneurship aimed at poverty alleviation.
They said, "Our...